All-in-one Medicare plans may open to younger people

Comments on the idea of expanding access to PACE coverage are due Feb. 10.

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The PACE Innovation Act of 2015 could expand access to Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, which packages benefits for long-term care together with benefits for acute health care. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Federal regulators are asking for comments about the idea of expanding access to the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.

The PACE system now packages long-term care services together with acute health care services for older people who are living at home and need the equivalent of nursing home care.

A new federal law, the PACE Innovation Act of 2015, lets the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services test the PACE concept on other types of people, including younger people who need the equivalent of nursing home care, and older people who do not necessarily need nursing home care.

Allison Bell

Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor's insurance editor, used to be LifeHealthPro's health insurance editor. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached at abell@alm.com or on Twitter at @Think_Allison.

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